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Kon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101579124402
ISBN-139781579124403
eBay Product ID (ePID)47035575
Product Key Features
Publication Year2006
TopicAdventurers & Explorers, Australia & Oceania, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Essays & Travelogues
Book TitleKon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by Raft
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreTravel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorThor Heyerdahl
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal910/.9164
Synopsis"One of the great adventures of our time." --"Life" "Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once." That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named "Kon-Tiki" in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl's theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle--from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders' hula dances--each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
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I love adventure stories and the fact that this one is a true story makes it even better.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Dec 14, 2020
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Terrific story. Hard to put down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
